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Parkes became a member of Lowe's election committee, was appointed one of his secretaries, and wrote the address to the voters which helped to secure Lowe's return.
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Edmund Barton was an early supporter of federation, which became a serious political agenda after Henry Parkes ' Tenterfield Oration, and was a delegate to the March 1891 National Australasian Convention.
She became a member of the Langham Place Group, which set out to improve conditions for women, and was friends with feminists Bessie Rayner Parkes ( later Bessie Rayner Belloc ) and Barbara Leigh Smith, later Barbara Bodichon.
After leaving the army, Parkes became inspector of the park's constables, and died in the lodge on 14 November 1864.
His lack of business acumen quickly became apparent, however, and Parkes went bankrupt after running up debts totalling £ 48, 500.
Parkes as editor and proprietor became a figure of great importance, and while he had control of the publication he worked unceasingly, writing articles, procuring news, and managing the business side of the enterprise ( never his strong suit ).
Parkes became tired of his position as leader of the opposition and resigned early in 1877.
Though Parkes was personally opposed to it, a payment of members act was passed, and two important and valuable measures, the Government Railways Act and the Public Works Act both became law.
After that Parkes became practically an independent member.
The children of the second marriage were faithfully brought up by Julia Lady Parkes and one of them, Cobden Parkes, born in 1892, eventually became the New South Wales Government Architect.
Parkes became a key country location after the completion of the railway in 1893, serving as a hub for a great deal of passenger and freight transport until the 1980s.
In 1939 Parkes became a sister city with Coventry in the United Kingdom.
After being renamed the Sir Henry Parkes School of Arts, the building became the first museum operated by the Trust in Australia, containing a range of memorabilia related to the history of Federation and the local area.
After retiring Parkes stayed with Blackburn, joining their coaching staff under Bobby Saxton, where he became assistant manager.
Parkes became Blackpool's assistant manager in December 2005, shortly after Simon Grayson was appointed as caretaker manager, and he helped the club win promotion to The Championship in the 2006-07 season after a successful play-off final against Yeovil Town at Wembley.
S. Parkes Cadman, who became a prominent clergyman in the United States, was born there in 1864.
Garran became involved with the work of Edmund Barton, who would later be the first Prime Minister of Australia but at the time was the de facto leader of the federation movement in New South Wales as Sir Henry Parkes declined into poor health.
1980: Phil Parkes, the former Wolverhampton Wanderers ‘ keeper, became the Sting ’ s number 1, moving to Chicago from the Vancouver Whitecaps where he had played for the past three seasons and established himself as the NASL ’ s top glovesman.
He became minister for lands in Parkes ' 1877 government and as a cricket lover he provided £ 700 for improvements to the Sydney Cricket Ground and vested the ground in trustees in 1879, including himself as the representative of the New South Wales Cricket Association.
Most of the division became part of the Division of Parkes, whilst some towns in the Upper Hunter Shire ( mainly Scone, Aberdeen, Merriwa and Murrurundi ) were absorbed into the Division of Hunter.
As a student, Parkes was fascinated by various graphic processes, and he later became proficient in the difficult medium of the colour stone lithograph.
Spill became aware of Parkes ' claim for the waterproof qualities of Parkesine probably at the 1862 exhibition.
Cowper was once again defeated in a no-confidence motion in December 1865, and in January 1866 Martin became Premier for the second time as leader of a coalition government with former rival Henry Parkes.
* 1958: John became a cadet announcer with radio 2PK Parkes.
Parkes and member
Early in that year, Parkes had entered the Legislative Assembly again, this time as member for the North Riding of Cumberland.
John Kenneth Cobb ( born 11 February 1950 ), Australian politician, has been a National Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since November 2001 representing the Division of Parkes, New South Wales and the Division of Calare since 2007.
* Sam Troughton as Thomas Parkes, a member of the exploration team.
Cesarani is a member of the Home Office Holocaust Memorial Day Strategic Group and has been Director of the AHRC Parkes Centre, part of the Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish / non-Jewish Relations.
Parkes is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, The Writers Guild of America and the Global Business Network.
Parkes was a member of 21 learned societies, British and foreign.
As a result, the then member for Parkes, John Cobb, instead contested the Division of Calare.
Parkes and election
Following the election and an increased majority for Palmerston, the voices within the Whig faction who were in support of China were hushed, and the new parliament decided to seek redress from China based on the report about the Arrow Incident submitted by Harry Parkes, British Consul to Guangzhou.
Henry Parkes and John Robertson attempted to make minor amendments to the land acts but were defeated and at the subsequent election Parkes ' party lost many seats.
Parkes in his election speeches had advocated the extension of the power of the people, increased facilities for education and a bold railway policy.
An interesting sidelight on his growing reputation is the fact that before this election ( Sir ) Charles Gavan Duffy wrote to a friend in Sydney, urging the desirability of Parkes ' being elected.
Parkes continued to be one of the most conspicuous figures in the house, and at the 1869 election was returned at the head of the poll for East Sydney.
In the general election which followed Parkes was generally recognized as the leader of the people's party, and the ministry was defeated at the polls.
In the 1880 election Parkes was returned for St Leonards.
The ministry was defeated, a dissolution was obtained, and at the election the party was not only defeated, Parkes lost his own seat at East Sydney.
At the election Parkes stood against Dibbs at St Leonards, and defeated him by 476 votes.
At the ensuing election Parkes was returned with a small majority and formed his fifth administration, which began in March 1889 and lasted until October 1891.
Cobb was elected to the House of Representatives from the Division of Parkes, a safe National Party seat, at the 2001 federal election.
Carrie was first elected as Member of Parliament ( Canada ) for Oshawa in the 2004 federal election, defeating NDP candidate Sid Ryan and Liberal candidate Louise Parkes in a close three-way race.
At the 2007 election it included the City of Dubbo ( including Dubbo ), most of Narromine Shire ( including Narromine ), Parkes Shire ( including Parkes, Peak Hill, Alectown, Bogan Gate, Trundle and Tullamore ), Forbes Shire ( including Forbes ) and part of Cabonne Shire ( including Canowindra and Eugowra ).
Parkes won the nomination over Grose and Topple on the first ballot but finished third behind the NDP's Sid Ryan and winner Colin Carrie of the Conservatives in the general election.
At the general election held early in 1872, three members of the government were defeated, and Parkes came into power on 14 May 1872, there was a constant struggle between the parties under Robertson and Parkes for some years.
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